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Christopher Woody Ahead of the NATO summit in July, President Donald Trump's advisers were worried about another clash like the one that took place at the G7 in early June. To head off a potential showdown, White House advisers pushed NATO officials to finish a final agreement before the summit even began. Trump was only shown a broad outline of the directive, rather than the full text, which officials on both sides of the Atlantic praised. Just weeks after a G7 summit that was described as a "burning tire fire" and ended with President Donald Trump refusing to sign a communique negotiated by leaders there, Trump's advisers faced another international summit with a group for which the president had clear disdain: NATO. Seeking to avoid another international imbroglio, Trump's advisers looked for a way to prevent him from upending the formal agreement that usually comes after intense, down-to-the-wire talks among members of the alliance. The advisers, led by national security adviser John Bolton, instead pushed to have the agreement concluded before the president even left the US for the July 11 summit, five US and European officials told The New York Times. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg backed the plan, telling ambassadors on July 4 that the usual wrangling over the agreement — renamed as a directive rather than a communique for this summit — had to be avoided. Stoltenberg asked NATO officials to have work finished on it by 10 p.m. Brussels time on July 6. And the officials, anxious over the potential for another Trump blow-up during the summit, agreed, according to The Times. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis also wanted to avoid another showdown like that at the G7 meeting. Work on NATO communiques usually takes months, with discussions often coming down to the wire, as various countries use the looming deadline as leverage to advance issues important to them. In past, US leaders have reviewed last-minute revisions, as President Barack Obama did at the 2016 summit in Warsaw, The Times reported. This year, however, Trump was only presented with a broad overview of the directive and not the details of the document that stretched 79 paragraphs over 23 pages. The fast-tracked directive met several goals. It formally invited Macedonia to join the alliance. It established an Atlantic Command to be based in Norfolk, Virginia, to oversee transatlantic traffic in the event of a conflict. It included a pledge by NATO members to provide 30 mechanized battalions, 30 air squadrons, and 30 warships, to be ready for use in 30 days or less, by 2020 — the "Four Thirties" plan pushed by Mattis to get NATO militaries in shape and ready to deploy. The alliance's members also completed a mobility agreement meant to allow military forces to move across national borders and bureaucratic boundaries in Europe — a problem that has plagued NATO forces on the continent. Officials from NATO and the US praised the final product. Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon called the summit "extraordinarily successful" and it was "now strengthening the alliance." White House National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis echoed Pahon, saying the declaration displayed NATO's unity "across an array of tough international security challenges." The summit was not without Trump-related turmoil however. Days after the summit, and just hours after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, Trump appeared to cast doubt on the collective-defense principal that undergirds the NATO alliance. He told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that he himself had asked why US troops should be used to defend Montenegro, a small Balkan country that is NATO's newest member. "Montenegro is a tiny country with very strong people," Trump said at the time. "They are very aggressive people. They may get aggressive, and congratulations, you are in World War III." Take a back photo to prove it and I will believe it,,, other than that,, big time BS. You know he is busy with his new title,,, Chief executive officer of the TOW'MAS UNIFIED RACIST PARTY simply brought down to a simple recognizable symbol >>> T.U.R.D. Here is his official T.U.R.D. picture: Big mistake Tommie telling fibs about your fake house... Next you'll be posting pictures of Larry Bell's beautiful collection and claim they're yours... Take a back photo to prove it and I will believe it,,, other than that,, big time BS. No Prowler in Tomcal's driveway. This message has been edited by Stroker on 08-17-2018 at 01:04 PM [/B][/QUOTE] Wow it's even worse than I feared. Tommie the Tucan.... You can run Tom but you can't hide. Many thanx to cstall for his unmasking work. L/D I believe you've found your chief investigator for your Special Counsel investigation. Dang Thomas,,, I say sell the beach house, the cat and hire a good plastic surgeon. You can run Tom but you can't hide. Many thanx to cstall for his unmasking work. L/D I believe you've found your chief investigator for your Special Counsel investigation. Here ya go AC Tommie's Poop Patrol ID photo. His San Fran buddies call him Toucan Tommie.... A sure candidate for Dental Implants as well,,,, PS when Tom was younger he would go to kiss girls and they would try and peel his nose thinking it was a banana...Tomcal Trump's advisers reportedly pulled a fast one on him to prevent another international blow-up at the NATO summit
Aug 10th 2018
Securing an agreement allowed US officials to assure the public and other leaders of the US's commitment to NATO, which has been called into question by Trump's numerous broadsides against the alliance and its members.
Jamie Shea, a NATO deputy assistant secretary general, said the agreement was "the most substantive" the alliance had reached in years.
During the event, he reportedly told NATO leaders that their countries needed, five years ahead of time, to reach the 2%-of-GDP defense-spending level they agreed in 2014 to move toward over a decade. Or, he said, "the United States would go it alone," though he did not directly threaten to leave the alliance.
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/08/10/trumps-advisers-reportedly-pulled-a-fast-one-on-him-to-prevent-another-international-blow-up-at-the-nato-summit/23500165/ Landscape Doctor I am calling BS on these 2 photos,,, that deck is not on the back of this house.
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Originally posted by Tomcal:ALLEY CAT L/D,,, Looks like the NYC Comrade isn't going to reply to your request for 'proof'....
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Landscape Doctor Looks like the T.U.R.D is in Deflect mode. StingRay We use to have a person posting about all his many exotic cars .... implying they were real, full size, drivable cars ... but were just toys on a shelf. Likely similar situation here with the beautiful home photo.
Tomcal, if it is yours, you clearly should be a republican ... or perhaps got it through nefarious means like Bernie, making you instead a true socialist. If it is yours ... God has blessed you ... and you should be grateful.silverkat Tomturd has every color Prowler ever made. C'mon Tom post pics of those Matchbox Prowlers on your train set and claim they were all parked at the Depot... Stroker quote:
Originally posted by Landscape Doctor:
I am calling BS on these 2 photos,,, that deck is not on the back of this house.
Funny how history repeats itself.
Check out the car lingerie mirror covers.
Lowes now has Craftsman displays .
The Sears store in East Knoxville
has closed. Maybe he was wearing Colbert's
"big hat". ed monahan I think that guy's name is Sears. Just a guess. lol Tomcal Another beautiful day in paradise. ed monahan That is a first. Prowler owners hiding their identity from other Prowler owners. There is probably a hidden message here somewhere. cstall But they can't hide from us!
Here's the un-doctored pic...
We see you, you handsome devil!silverkat I think the message is, from what I can make out, he's every bit the TURD everyone thought he was. Paradise? Looks like a shot of an area after the hurricane hit, wet, messy and damp. Yuch... silverkat OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! That's Tomturd? Now it all makes sense!! I'd be bitter too if I looked like that!! Can you say UUUUUUUUGLY. What a schnozz!!! silverkat Hey Tommie I'd put a bag over my head if I were you. The hat just doesn't cover up enough... silverkat silverkat
Jackpot! Found another picture of Tommie the Tucan which he posted on another thread. This picture is without the sunglasses and hat on and he's smiling in this one. There's no mistaking that nose though!Landscape Doctor I have come to grips that cstall is a secret agent. silverkat quote:
Originally posted by silverkat:
Jackpot! Found another picture of Tommie the Tucan which he posted on another thread. This picture is without the sunglasses and hat on and he's smiling in this one. There's no mistaking that nose though!ALLEY CAT He's quite handsome S/K....
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.silverkat It all makes sense now, Tommie loves free health care for all cause he plans to get his beak filed down and some new toofesses. I heard Tom bit into a marshmallow and broke 7 toofs. Tom needs new choppers soon cause when he chews his chin hits his schnozz.
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